A leaked email sent to the Greek Ministries of Finance and Labor from the Troika says Greek private sector workers should work six days a week and longer hours.

The letter, which was published on August 31, shows that the Troika expects the Labor Ministry to implement a number of other new measures. They include reducing the notice period before firing a worker, and cutting certain severance packages by 50 per cent by giving employers the right to reduce workers' time in service. Restrictions on overtime are also expected to come into effect.

"It also wants a dismantling of the labor inspectorate which is the public service that is responsible for implementing labor law. So it's not only about making the labor market more flexible," Panagiotis Sotiris from the University of the Aegean told RT.

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

The crisis is a convenient excuse to introduce 'reform' not a solution for it.

The problem it is a solution for - i.e. popular democracy, worker power, and security - is never stated explicitly.

The Econo and the various Neo-Lib rags haven't exactly been hiding the aim, although they have done an excellent job of misdirecting the media since 2008, when there was at least a small danger that things could go the other way and the vampires would have their fangs pulled.

Arguably 'reform' and the destruction of Social Democracy has always been the goal, from at least the time of Maastricht onwards.

I'm leaning towards the "bag of rats" theory, which I developed while involved in student politics.

I observed a tendency for a lot of the student union types to posit a "College" that was against them - in their minds there was a unified enemy with a coherent plan to keep them down.

In fact, the various departments, academics and administrators were much more interested in fighting among themselves in order to maximise their own local and personal interests than in anything to do with bothering students.

I don't think there is a goal. There's a big mess and a lot of people, states and organisations trying to further their own agendas. Which, given the zeitgeist, is a recipe for horror.